The US House of Representatives Wednesday passed a $34 billion Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act , which provides funding for anti-terrorism programs and an overhaul of the current terrorism warning system . If the bill becomes...
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A senior military prosecutor on Wednesday took the unusual step of publicly criticizing a military investigator's recommendation not to court-martial 2nd Lt. Ilario Pantano for the deaths of two Iraqis during a search for a...
The verdict-reading for Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky continued into its fourth day Thursday, with the court saying that its sentencing would use less strict guidelines , possibly suggesting a lighter sentence for Khodorkovsky...
Human Rights Watch warned Wednesday that the outcry over a retracted Newsweek story about religious abuse at Guantanamo is overshadowing genuine incidents where US personnel at the base intentionally offended the religious beliefs of Muslim...
With uncertainty looming in France, former French president and architect of the European Constitution Valery Giscard D'Estaing warned on Thursday that there could be no renegotiation of the treaty if French voters reject it in a referendum...
Officials on Wednesday said a proposal is on the table that would allow the FBI greater access to business records without requiring judicial approval. After consultations with the Bush administration, Republican leaders of the US Senate Committee on Intelligence...
Republicans on the US House Armed Services Committee early Thursday backed off on an amendment to a defense bill that would have further limited women's participation in military operations, instead adopting the language of a Pentagon policy...
UN legal experts met with Indonesian leaders Thursday to launch an inquiry into the violence and pro-Indonesian militia killings that followed the 1999 independence vote in East Timor and eventually led to the territory's emergence...
Testimony of the Honorable Joan H. Lefkow, Senate Judiciary Committee, May 18, 2005 . Excerpt:I am...
A Senate Foreign Relations Committee minority report released Wednesday says that Bush administration UN ambassador nominee John Bolton planned to ask CIA Director George Tenet to help punish a government intelligence analyst who disagreed with him. The...
